John C. Hennessy, Jr., brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 VW from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle was shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.Copies of the bill of sale as well as the shipping documents and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW can be found in Hennessy’s book "The Bride and the Beetle".

Sunday, February 23, 1766

Wednesday, February 23, 1763

The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice.

Sunday, February 23, 1676

While the Massachusetts Council debates how to handle the Christian Indians they had exiled to Deer Island on October 13, 1675, a coalition of Indians led by Metacomet attacks colonial settlements just {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} outside of Boston.

An Ding Wang commits suicide and is succeeded by Xiao Wu Di as Chinese emperor of Northern Wei.

September ndash Justinian I signs a peace treaty, the Eternal Peace, with the Persian king Khosrau I, ending the Iberian War. Both sides agree to return all occupied territories and Justinian makes a one-off payment of 110 "centenaria" (11,000 pounds of gold), as a contribution to the defense of the Caucasus passes.

First year in which the Anno Domini calendar is used for numbering the years.